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This is making the rounds on social media. Too funny not to share.

Zachary Crockett writing for PricenomicsIn an era where breaking stories can be shared in real-time on the Internet, it?s odd to hold a paper that literally contains yesterday?s news ? and comics are no exception: reprints of old Garfield, Peanuts, and Dennis the Menace strips fill the page. The world has moved on, but in […]

Publishers Weekly mentions that Off the Mark creator Mark Parisi has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins for a series of illustrated middle-grade series called Marty Pants. The first book is due out in winter of 2017.Congratulations, Mark.

From Comicbook.com:Sources for TMZ say the 92-year-old was “taken from his Hollywood Hills home to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center” yesterday. As of now, the reason for the emergency call to 911 isn’t clear. Lee was feeling well enough to be interviewed at the premiere, showing no signs of being under the weather. Actually, he was very […]

The coveted number one movie of the weekend honors was once again denied to Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out which came in second to Jurassic World. Again. Of course, if you can’t win at the game, redefine the rules. So hurray, Inside Out is the highest grossing ORIGINAL film (not franchise film, ahem, Jurassic Park, I mean […]

Marvel Comics is diversifying several of their characters. NPR has a report on the upcoming new Spider-Man and alter ego Miles Morales, a half-African-American, half-Latino character.From NPR:As far as its comics go, Marvel has had a string of diversity shifts recently, with changes to Captain America, Ms. Marvel and Thor. Bendis tells NPR’s Arun Rath […]

Disney/Pixar’s Peter Docter was featured in the New York Times on Sunday during which he revealed that he was inspired by Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson. Here’s the snippet:DRAWING I just bought a pile of crow-quill pen nibs. You know, the kind you dip in ink before you draw. Richard Thompson, the author of […]

So a really cool thing is in the works – not just in the works, it is happening this January. National Cartoonists Society Foundation President Steve McGarry has organized a week-long Caribbean Cartoonist Celebrity Cruise. These aren’t just B-rated or has-been cartoonist “celebrities”, we’re talking four Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists (two of which have been […]

Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Animator Jim Lujan joins me to talk about his cool and edgy animated shorts, as well as the hugely amazing project he’s working on with legendary animator Bill Plympton, “Revengeance!”   […]

I’m not sure a third movie in a sequel series is ever good, but I like the comedic timing in the teaser.

The San Diego Union-Tribune has kicked off a comic poll. Yes, the bane of every cartoonist’s existence wherein a newspaper editor (who may or may not have a sense of humor or appreciate for comics) kicks the responsibilities of determining what should appear in their newspaper to most 65 year-olds (who may or may not […]

Washington Post columnist Michael Cavna, AKA Comic Riffs, has been awarded four awards in the Society of Features Journalism contest. He was honored with first place for his blog Comic Riffs, video storytelling and two third place wins in arts and entertainment and short feature.Congratulations to Michael.

I’m a big Wumo fan, so I’m highly excited that the first Wumo book collection was released yesterday by Andrews McMeel Publishing. The book is entitled WuMo: Something Is Wrong. If you’re not familiar with the strip, head over to GoComics and give it a read. Also, if you don’t want to pay for the […]

From Gambit:Bunny Matthews, who created the quintessential comic-strip Yats “Vic and Nat’ly” in 1982, announced today in a Facebook post that he is suffering from brain cancer. Matthews, whose cartoons appeared in Gambit for years (along with every other local publication), has provoked, skewered and amused the New Orleans arts, music and media communities in […]

Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: It’s incredibly cool that I get to talk to artists and writers like I do, so this time, it’s four times as cool!  Lucas Turnbloom and I took a little […]